Attachment for lawn-mowers



No Model.)

B. R. GRIMES.

ATTACHMENT FOR LAWN MOWERS.

Patented July 1-5, 1890.

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ATTACHMENT FOR LAWN-MOWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,307, dated July 15,1890. Application fi led March 22, 1890- Serial No. 344,391. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT R. GRIME'S, a citizen of the United States,residing at Santa Monica, in the county of Los Angelcs and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grass-CatchingAttachments for Lawndl/Iowers, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, light, simple, andeasilyonstructed grass-catching attachment, which can be packed in veryclose compass when not in use.

My improved grass-catching attachment consists of a canvas-covered framearranged to fold, and so constructed that when in its extended positionit forms a suitable receptacle to collect the grass.

I The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a side view of a lawn-mower with my improved grass-catchingattachment in position to catch the grass, a portion of the canvas beingremoved to expose the frame. Fig. 2 is a top View of my inventiondetached from the mower. Fig. 3 is aview of the frame of the attachmentfolded, the canvas being removed to expose the frame. Fig. 4 is a sideview of the attachment when folded.

The bottom and back of the main frame are made of two rectangular framesA B hinged together. The frame B is designed for the back of the mainframe, and is hinged to the rear end of frame A, which forms the bottomof the main frame. The front end of the bottom frame A is provided withtwo horizontal loops or sockets 0, one projecting forward from eachfront corner of the frame to fit over standards D, fixed upon the rearof the lawn-mower, as will be hereinafter set forth. Two side bars orbraces E are respectively hinged to the front corners of the bot-j tomframe A, and extend upward back to the respective top corners of theback frame 13, to which they are respectively removably secured. In thedrawings, the side bars are rods of iron, respectively, having one. endlooped around the shank of the loop or socket O, and having the otherend threaded and provided with clamp-nuts F and G, whereby the bar orred is removably secured to the rear frame.

To erectthe frame the threaded end of each of the rods E is passedthrough its top corner of the rear frame, and the nut G is screwed upagainst the frame until the frame is clamped between it and nut F. Thetop edge of the side of the box can be made longer or shorter by settingthe nut F at different points on the rod. H is one of the hingessecuring the rear frame to the bottom frame.

The bottom is formed of a sheet of canvas I, tacked to the bottom frame.The walls are formed of a sheet of canvas J, passed around the sides andrear of the main frame and secured to the -bars E, the bottom frame A,and the rear frame B. The canvas may be tacked or otherwise secured tothe bottom frame, and may be secured to the rods or bars E by beingstitched thereto, or in any other suitable manner. v

The rear frame is provided with an eye K, and the handle of the mower isprovided with a hook L, or vice versa, so that by hooking the hook inthe eye the rear end of the attachment is supported by the handle whenthe operator pushes the machine forward. The standard D is a flat pieceof iron having a hole in one end which is passed over the bolt of theroller-braeket of the mower, taking the place of a washer, which isordinarily (when the mower is manufactured) placed on the bolt betweenthe nut N and the rollerbracket. The nut N is then screwed firmlyagainst the standard to clamp it in place.

In attaching the attachment to the mower the loops 0 are placed over thestandards and the hook L is hooked into the eye K.

Then as the mower is advanced the grass is.

thrown backward into the receptacle formed by the canvas walls andfloor.

hen it is desired to stow the attachment away, it is removed from themower. Th e nuts G are removed from the rods E. the back frame is thenpushed back to withdraw it from the rods E, which are thus left free.The rear frame is then folded forward upon the bottom frame, assuggested by Fig. 3, and the rods are then folded across the frame, asshown in such figure. The whole attachment is thus brought into a smallspace.

Other means for securing the device to the mower may suggest themselves,and sheet The top of 10 rear frame hinged to the bottom frame, the

side bars respectively hinged to the front cor ners of the bottom frameand removahly secured to the top corners of the rear frame, and thecanvas Walls passed around the sides and rear of the main frame andsecured to I 5 the side bars and rear and bottom frame.

ROBERT R. GRIMES. \Vitnesses:

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, M. C. GALER.

